Clearing Crystal Lake in Manchester, Howell’s New Police Chief, Ground Breaking for Portal Bridge
Police in Manchester arrested more than 130 tickets to people on trespassing charges this weekend at a former mining site on the Jersey Shore that has become popular on Tik Tok. The former site of Heritage Minerals is now called Crystal Lake and trespassing on the private property is a criminal offense. But that has not stopped some from posting videos of the lake on Tik Tok, many of which have been taken down. Manchester Township Police say the water can be dangerous. As police cleared the area this weekend, one of the trespassers’ vehicles became stuck and had to be towed out.
The new police chief for Howell — Captain John Storrow — will be sworn in today and begin his term. Storow is a 28-year veteran of the Howell Police force. He was named to the post Friday. He’ll succeed Interim Chief Mark Pilecki, who succeeded Andrew Kudrick Junior. A longtime department veteran, Kudrick served as Howell’s police chief for the last seven years before he retired.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will join Governor Phil Murphy today at the groundbreaking for the New Portal North Bridge in Kearny. Governor Murphy is touting the new span as a major part of the larger Gateway Program which he calls the most important infrastructure project in the country. The old Portal bridge is 110 years old. It carries about 400 trains a day, when it works. The ceremony begins at ten o-clock and will be livestreamed on the governor’s YouTube channel.
